Estimate properties and pipe diameter
Determine the diameter of a steel pipe that is to
carry 1500 gal/min of gasoline with a pressure drop
of 3 psi per 100 ft of horizontal pipe.
Pressure drop is a function of flow rate, length, diameter, and
roughness. Either iterative methods OR equation solvers are
necessary to solve implicit problems.
Estimate Properties And Pipe Diameter Determine The Diameter Of A Steel Pipe That Is To Carry 1500 Gal Min Of Gasoline W 1 (30 KiB) Viewed 39 times
Iterate to find the required diameter For the second estimate of diameter of 0.5 ft, what is the pressure drop? P2 - P1= i psi Is the second estimate too large or too small? What is the pressure drop for the new estimated diameter of 0.55? P2-P1= i psi If you keep iterating on the diameter between the estimates that are too large or too small, what is the diameter that gives close to 3 psi? d= i ft
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